Search on in Gurdaspur after 7 armed men are sighted

April 02, 2016 22:47

The Punjab police conducted a combing operation in Khojewal village in Gurdaspur after a villager claimed the sighting of seven armed men moving in a "suspicious" manner in the area.

Daulat Ram, a retired armed force personnel, told the police he saw seven men in a mango garden when he was returning home last night.

Acting on the information, a police team led by Punjab DIG (Border Range), Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, combed the area throughly "but did not find any suspect", SSP Gurdaspur Jagdip Singh Hundal said.

About 70 policemen and two teams of the Quick Reaction Team were deployed to trace the suspects, he said.

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